A new mooring berth came onstream at Pecém Port on August 1st. The Log-In Polaris docked to become the first vessel to use the facilities of berth 10 – located in the Multiple Utility Terminal (TMUT), which has the capacity to receive vessels up to 330 meters in length with a draft of up to 15.3 meters. The docking of the Log-In Polaris at berth 10 also marks the first simultaneous operation at berths 10 and 9, where the Hayling Island was already docked. Berth 10 became active shortly after ANTAQ published the Operation Release Term (ORT) that authorizes the operation in the expanded area of the Pecém Port Terminal, with the full operation of activities which comprise the handling of general and containerized cargo, solid and liquid bulk, in compliance with ANTAQ rules and regulations, specifically, the Adhesion Contract (adaptation) No. 113/2016 and its additives. The document is in the Federal Official Gazette (DOU), page 38, section 1. With the completion of these works, the second expansion phase of Pecém is complete, which included a series of investments to increase the operational capacity of the port terminal. Among them are mainly: the expansion and paving of the breakwater; the construction of three new berths (berths 8, 9 and 10); and the acquisition of the Ore Conveyor Belt and the Ore offloader.
Source: Datamar News